Associate Director - Water & Flood Risk

Calibre Search; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm based in Leeds is seeking an Associate Director specializing in Water and Flood Risk. This leadership role focuses on guiding projects, maintaining client relationships, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate will have chartered status and proven experience in flood risk projects. The position offers hybrid working and involvement in a variety of national infrastructure programs.

Benefits

Strong learning and development culture

Challenging projects

CPD and structured training

Qualifications

• Chartered status with ICE or CIWEM required.
• Proven experience leading flood risk or surface water projects.
• Comfortable in client-facing situations.

Responsibilities

• Guide projects from strategy through to delivery.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Lead flood alleviation schemes and provide advice on flood risk.

Skills

Leadership

Client engagement

Technical expertise

Mentoring

Education

Chartered with ICE or CIWEM

Degree level education

Tools

ArcGIS

AutoCAD

Civils 3D

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Associate Director - Water & Flood Risk. Based in Leeds, this is a leadership role in the delivery of major water and flood risk projects across the UK. The role combines technical expertise with leadership, client engagement and business development.

Responsibilities

• Guide projects from strategy through to delivery.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and mentor junior colleagues as the team grows.
• Lead flood alleviation schemes for local authorities, surface water separation programmes with utilities, and provide advice to housing developers and infrastructure providers on flood risk and drainage challenges.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and support bid and business development activities.

Qualifications

• Chartered with ICE or CIWEM.
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent).
• Proven experience leading flood risk or surface water projects.
• Comfortable working across multidisciplinary teams and in client-facing situations.
• Experience with ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Civils 3D and Microsoft Office would be beneficial; experience in bidding for new work is desirable.
• Full UK driving licence; security clearance would be advantageous.

About the Role and Benefits

Hybrid working; a wide variety of challenging projects ranging from local schemes to large national infrastructure programmes; a strong learning and development culture with CPD, mentoring and structured training.

How to Apply

If this sounds like the right next step for you, please apply or contact the recruiter directly for more details.

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